Cotton-bale-tie buckle



(No Model.)

G. T. PITTMAN. 'Gotton Bale Tie Buakle. No. 240,842. Pate nted May3,1381.

WITNESSES. [NYE/V7019.

.7 gW- W ZZZ at W UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE T. FITTMAN, OF LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY.

COTTON-BALE-TIE. BUCKLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 240,842, dated May 3,1881..

Application filed January 10, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, GEORGE T, PITTMAN, of

Louisville, in the county of Jefferson and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Gotton-Bale-Tie Buckles; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the construction and operation of the same, referencebeing had to the drawings forming part of this specification, in whichFigure l is a flat View of the buckle and band, showing the opening andslit for the band. Fig. .3 is a flat view,showing the buckleplate withthe band inserted in the opening.

This my invention relates to a certain new and useful improvement incotton -bale -tie buckles, consisting in a buckle made of plain sheetmetal, and in form as shown in the drawings, with an opening in thelarge part somewhat in the form of an elongated diamond, sufficientlylarge to receive the loop of the band, which enters it through a smallslit near the center of the cross-bar, while the other end of the plateis gradually tapered down until it corresponds with the width of theband, to

which it is permanently secured by means of a rivet or otherwise, or, itmore convenient, may be secured by a slot-opening in the plate above theopening B.

The object of this my invention is to provide a bale-tie buckle thatwill be cheap, durable, and easily operated, and save time in itsapplication to the-bale.

I attain the above objects by the mechanism illustrated in theaccompanying drawings hereto annexed.

This invention will be more full y illustrated in detail in thedrawings, in which- A represents the buckle, which is made of platemetal of the required thickness and som e what in the form of a sectionof a pear, or as shown in the drawings.

B is the opening for the band, which opening is made somewhat in theform of an elongated diamond.

O is the slit in the cross-bar, through which the band is passed intothe opening B. This slit 0 is made near the center of the bar.

D is a loop of the band ready for use, the band being made of ordinaryband-iron and inserted in the opening B, as shown in Fig. 2

of the drawings.

substantially as herein described, and for the purpose set forth.

GEORGE T. PITTMAN. Vi tn esses FRANK PARDON, O. HEWITT.

